I WANT YOU TO MEET SOMEONE MY COUSIN'S IN IRAN.
I RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO COME AND VISTI. TODAY I'M SPENDING A DAY WITH NAVEED. NAVEED IS OPENING
LIKE A JUICE BAR RIGHT? A CAFE? YEAH GYM.. I'LL BE MEETING HIS FIANCE AND WE'RE VISITING HIS MOM
WHO IS AN ARTIST. THEN WE'RE HAVING LUNCH IN THIS FOOD COURT. NAVEED IS AN ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER
SO I'LL BE MEETING WITH HIS CLIENTS AT THIS NEWLY RENOVATED HOME. THEN WE'RE GOING TO A DONUT SHOP
AND THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK WHERE YOUNG IRANIANS GATHER TO SING.
AT NIGHT WE'RE HEADING TO THIS TRENDY RESTAURANT TO MEET OUR
OTHER COUSIN AS SHE JOINS US AFTER HER DAY OF WORK. NAVEED AND I LIVE WORLDS APART.
WHY DO PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND IRAN BUT IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD,
SOMEHOW I STILL FEEL LIKE WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN WE DO DIFFERENCES. TODAY I'M GONNA FIND OUT
THIS IS TEHRAN THE CAPITAL CITY OF IRAN THIS IS OUR GREAT GRANDFATHER OUR GRANDPAS
ARE BROTHERS OUR GRANDMAS OR SISTERS TADRISH BAZAAR IT'S A FAMOUS SHOPPING AREA IN TEHRAN
YOU'LL FIND A TRADITIONAL BAZAAR BUT ALSO A NEW MODERN MALL TOO
THAT'S WHERE WE MEET NAVEED'S MOM
OH
HER ART IS MARQUETRY SHE USES ALL NATURAL WOOD TO CREATE PIECES LIKE THIS
SOME PIECES WILL TAKE HER YEARS TO MAKE MY WORK IS MY BABY AND I LOVE IT
MY WORK I HAD THE EXHIBITION IN ANOTHER COUNTRY IN ITALY MALAYSIA I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE LOVE LOVE
TWO
SERVED WITH BASMATI RICE YOU CAN CONSIDER IT THE NATIONAL DISH LIKE MANY COUNTRIES I VISIT IRAN IS
NO DIFFERENT IN THAT WHEN PEOPLE EAT OUTSIDE THE HOME THEY OFTEN DON'T WANT TRADITIONAL FOOD THEY
WANT SOMETHING MORE UNIQUE AND EXOTIC TO THEM BUT OF COURSE I'M EATING PERSIAN THIS IS ZERESH
PILLOW IT'S A BASMATI RICE WITH BARBERRIES AND CHICKEN PAIRS NICELY WITH FRESH HERBS AND ONIONS
NAVID AND HIS FIANCEE ARE BOTH ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS THEY MEET THEIR CLIENT TO DISCUSS THE
PROGRESS OF THE HOME SHE'S EXCITED TO SHOW ME AROUND AND ALL THE CHANGES THEY'VE MADE
SO IT'S BASICALLY A REALLY GOOD CHOICE FOR A PARTY NIGHT PARTY AND THIS ONE IS THE ELECTRICAL BOX
AND IT'S LIKE WE USE THIS SCHNEIDER BRAND
WHICH IS ONE OF THE BEST IS THE FIREPLACE IT'S ACTUALLY BASICALLY IT'S HANDMADE FIREPLACE
NOW THEY WANT TO SHOW ME THEIR FAVORITE COFFEE SHOP
WE WERE PARTNER WE WERE HANGING OUT HERE AFTER WORK
SOMETIMES AND THEN I FIGURED OUT OKAY IT'S THE TIME TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP YOU KNOW JUST LIKE
THIS
WHY DO PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND IRAN BECAUSE THERE IS NO IMAGE FROM IRAN IN THE WORLD YOU KNOW THERE
IS NO INFORMATION THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE IS IT WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THE CONNECTION IS NOT
WELL YOU KNOW THE TOURISM THEY CANNOT COME HERE WE CAN'T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT A VISA OR SOMETHING SO
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE YOU KNOW THEY THINK OKAY THE WHOLE IRAN IS LIKE A DESSERT
THERE IS SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THEY DON'T KNOW WE HAVE FOUR SEASONS AT THE SAME TIME
NAVEED IS OPENING LIKE A JUICE BAR RIGHT IT'S A A SMALL CAFE IN THE GYM ARE YOU EXCITED
YES OF COURSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE MULTIPLE BUSINESSES YOU'RE LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR
MY PLAN FOR THIS BUSINESS IS TO RUN THIS CAFE AND THEN AFTER THAT I'M GOING TO DEVELOP IT
AND MAKE IT LIKE A CAFE IN ALL THE GYMS TO RUN THE CAFE IN OTHER GYMS ALSO SO THIS ONE IS LIKE
A SAMPLE AND THEN AFTER THIS WE ARE GOING TO GO AND TALK WITH OTHER TEAMS AND RUN THEIR CAFES
AS A HEALTHY FOOD WE ARE GOING TO PRODUCE
THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST PARKS IN ALL OF TEHRAN IT'S A POPULAR SPOT FOR PEOPLE TO READ GATHER
AND PLAY THERE'S A LOT OF DOGS AT THIS PARK IT WAS NOT LIKE THIS BEFORE IT DOESN'T USED
TO LIKE BE LIKE THIS BUT RECENTLY PEOPLE ARE BRINGING THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR DOGS AND
THEY'RE BUYING PETS BUT A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING DOGS FOR THE FIRST TIME YEAH OF COURSE
IT'S IT'S SO COMMON RIGHT NOW AND BETWEEN PEOPLE TO BUY PETS DIFFERENT KIND OF PETS LIKE DOG CATS
WHILE WALKING WE FIND YOUNG IRANIANS WHO GATHER EVERY DAY TO SING
IS
THE SUN IS SETTING WE HAVE A DINNER RESERVATION AT THIS TRENDY RESTAURANT AND IT'S WHERE WE'LL BE
MEETING OUR OTHER COUSIN HE WORKS IN TELECOM AND IS JOINING US AFTER SHE GETS OFF OF WORK
FOREIGN
YOU'RE TAKING ENGLISH CLASSES YEAH
ENGLISH IS MY FAVORITE LANGUAGE
I THINK IN SOCIAL MEDIA IRAN IS VERY FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS BUT THERE ARE UPSIDES AS WELL
WE CAN BE HAPPY WE CAN GO TO RESTAURANTS WE CAN TRAVEL
CAN ENJOY FROM NATURE AND I RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO COME AND VISIT